[SBB] No Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

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All,

 

This morning I checked out the mouth of Stevens Creek on the falling tide (lots of "Usual Suspects"; LEAST SANDPIPER, WESTERN SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, Dowitchers, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, WILLETT, MARBLED GODWIT, & LONG-BILLED CURLEW.  At least one SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and one WHIMBREL, a dozen basic plumaged FORSTER'S TERNS and some of the usual Gulls added for variety.  I was unable to located any peeps or the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in the area of the Alviso Marina (I suppose that they could be out on bay feeding on exposed bottom)..  A SURF SCOTER seemed out of place in Salt Pond A12 while a few "female plumaged" RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS continue there.  Since Newby Island Dump was not operating the pond at State and Spreckles, New Chicago Marsh and Salt Pond A16 were overrun with gulls (none that I could see however were worth wearing those heavy "Mud Shoes" to get a closer look). 

 

Take care,

Bob Reiling      

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